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**Thanks for using the QR code! Hopefully you will find the Links/Supplementary files included on this page informative. Also, feel free to peruse my website!** <i class="far fa-grin"></i>

[Contact Information](https://edaviscarter.github.io/DavisCarterWebsite/contact.html)

[Lab Website](https://ag.tennessee.edu/fwf/bsalproject/Pages/default.aspx)

###Published Research Relating to this work <i class="fas fa-book"></i>

**Conservation risk of Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans to endemic lungless salamanders** [Carter et al. 2019](https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/conl.12675) 

**Differentiating Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis and B. salamandrivorans in Amphibian Chytridiomycosis Using RNAScope in situ Hybridization** [Ossiboff et al. 2019](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/335608774_Differentiating_Batrachochytrium_dendrobatidis_and_B_salamandrivorans_in_Amphibian_Chytridiomycosis_Using_RNAScopeR_in_situ_Hybridization)

#Unpublished work relating to susceptibility
##<i class="fas fa-stop-circle" style="color: firebrick"></i> **Use of these unpublished data is not permitted without permission granted from Dr. Matthew Gray** <i class="fas fa-stop-circle" style="color: firebrick"></i>
 
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Phylogenetic Tree showing clustering of clinical susceptibility (% Mortality) for species tested 



<img src="TWS_Poster_Page_2019_files/figure-html/mortality-1.png" width="672" />
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Phylogenetic tree showing clustering of infection (% infected) for species challenged with *Bsal*
<img src="TWS_Poster_Page_2019_files/figure-html/infection-1.png" width="672" />


#Conceptual Framework of Susceptibility <i class="far fa-lightbulb"></i>

**Plotting the ID50 and LD50 values calculated for each species that experienced mortality and infection allows us to begin formulating ideas regarding their epidemiological role in *Bsal* disease dynamics.  Species can be seperated into four categories.**

**1. Resistant** species that do not become infected

**2. Carriers** species that become infected but do not experience mortality

**3. Low Tolerance** species which become infected easily and die from the pathogen

**4. Amplification Host (Superspreaders)** species which become infected at low doses but are tolerant of infection and persist for long durations of time

![**Graph showing categories of susceptibility and clustering of species based on ID50 and LD50 values**](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/EDavisCarter/DavisCarterWebsite/master/Susceptibility.png)



**Representative photos of *Bsal* lesions observed on several North American amphibian species**

![**Focal lesions observed on an Eastern Newt (Notophthalmus viridescens)**](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/EDavisCarter/DavisCarterWebsite/master/464A6064%20(1).JPG)

![**Focal lesions observed on a Rough skinned newt (Taricha granulosa)**](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/EDavisCarter/DavisCarterWebsite/master/464A6447resized.JPG)

![**Large ulceration and focal lesions observed on a Yellow-spotted salamander (Ensatina erschoscholerii**](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/EDavisCarter/DavisCarterWebsite/master/IMG_7197.JPG)


**Photos of *Bsal* Zoospores and Zoosporangia stained with Calcoflour White (CFW) at various magnifications**

![**10X Magnification+CFW**](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/EDavisCarter/DavisCarterWebsite/master/CTF-10X%2BCFW2_Plate_M_p00_0_C04f00d0.JPG)



##Literature Cited in Poster